Founders
-Social Studies teacher -member of Queens Alumnae Chapter -1st Vice President of Alpha Chapter
Who is Big Sister Ethel Cuff Black
-First Jewel and Second Jewel
What is Compassion and Courtesy
-First Black to be awarded a Ph.D. and to be admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar. Served as the official legal advisor to the Sorority
Who is Big Sister Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
-Sorority Pin was designed by
Who is Big Sister Madree Penn White
-The Founders of Delta Sigma Theta were all
members of
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha
-Speaks German, French, Latin, and Greek -designed the Sorority pin -1st female on Howard Univ. Journals staff
Who is Big Sister Madree Penn White
This jewel is dedicated to the National Presidents, past and present.
What is Dedication?
Graduate Chapters were authorized in what year
What is 1920
-The Sigma has nine jewels that represent
What are the Nine Cardinal Virtues that are the foundation of Delta Sigma Theta.
Nannie H. Burroughs, Gabrielle Pelham, Mary Church Terrell
Who were the First Honorary Members of DST
-dramatic reader -born in South Carolina -1st founder to enter Omega Omega Chapter
Who is Big Sister Mamie Reddy Rose
-This jewel is dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
What is Compassion?
-Under the leadership of Ethel Lamay Calimese, (3rd National President) This committee was established to keep in touch with the political and civic activities of the country as they affected the Negro race in general.
What is The National Vigilance Committee
Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, and Temperance.
What are the Nine Cardinal Virtues, symbolized in the nine jewels.
-May Week established during this year
What is 1921
-wrote "The Valley of the Poor" -strong supporter of Alpha Chapter's activities -teached in St. Louis
Who is Big Sister Wertie Blackwell Weaver
-What is the third Jewel
What is Dedication
-Established Omega Omega as the Memorial Chapter, had an emphasis on International Development and Delta Sigma Theta Bulletin was published under her reign as president
Who is Big G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley
What is a lifetime committment
-The Pyramid Induction Ceremony, The Initiation Ceremony, The Omega Omega Service
What are the Rites of Passage for Deltas
-received masters degree from Howard Univ. -served as Dean of Girls at the Black H.S. in Raleigh, N.C. -helped lobby DST to participate in Women's Suffrage March
Who is Big Sister Jimmie Bugg Middleton
-This jewel is dedicated to the mothers of Delta members
What is Courtesy
-Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated by a record of incorporation filed in the Library of Congress in Washington, DC in what year
What is 1930
-the induction of new members into Delta Sigma Theta is
-the goddess of wisdom
Who is Minerva